The Winter's Tale is about King Leontes of Sicilia who becomes consumed with jealousy and wrongly believes that his wife Hermione and his childhood friend Polixenes have committed adultery. He imprisons Hermione and abandons their newborn daughter Perdita. Hermione dies of grief, but is later resurrected by Paulina. Perdita is rescued and raised by a shepherd. Sixteen years later, Perdita meets and falls in love with Florizel, who is revealed to be the son of Polixenes. Leontes realizes his mistake and is reunited with Perdita, leading to forgiveness and reconciliation.

1. The Winter’s Tale
Kathleen Lee
Amy Hulsey
Whitney Bulmer
Jackie Orozco
Grisel Torres

2. Context

4. Characters
King Leontes: King of Sicilia. Jealous fantasy
makes him believe his wife, Hermione, had
an affair making her new baby girl not his.
Jails his wife and abandons baby girl.
Queen Hermione: Wife of Leontes. Tries
desperately to convince Leontes the baby is
his. Dies of grief and depression because of
her husband just after the Oracle Delphi
claims she was telling the truth. Comes back
to life?
Perdita: Princess to Leontes and Hermione.
Was abandoned on the coast of Bohemia by
her father as a baby and was raised by a
shepherd. Does not know she is Royal when
she falls in love with the Bohemian Prince
Florizel.

5. Mamillius:
Polixenes:
Son to Leontes and
Leontes' Childhood Hermione who dies
friend and king of of grief after his
Bohemia. Leontes mother is
accuses him of Shepherd: imprisoned.
cheating with his Paulina:
wife because they Finds baby Perdita Cleomenes:
Sicilian and raises her.
are such good noblewoman who Sicilian Lord sent to
friends. Polixenes defends and Antigonus: ask the Oracle
flees for his life, resurrects Paulina's husband about Hermione.
later has a son, and Hermione. and defender of Dion:
watches him fall in Hermione, he was
love with the Autolycus: Sicilian Lord who
sent to abandon goes with
shepherd's A rogue baby Perdita.
daughter, Perdita. peddler,vagabond, Cleomenes.
pickpocket who Clown:
helps Perdita and Perdita's adopted
Camille: Florizel escape brother.
Sicilian nobleman Florizel:
who instead of King Polixenes' son
following orders to who elopes with
poison Polixenes Perdita.
becomes his
servant.

6. Summary

7. Themes & Motifs